Improved sofa-bedstead



M.SULZBAOHER.

SOFA BEDSTEAD;

Nb.10m464. Pa ented1mar}1,1870.

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Letters Patent No. 100,464,1ldted March 1,1870.

IMPROVED BOI'A-BEDSTEAD.

The Schedule referred to in those Letters Patent and making part of theearns To all 11:]; cm it may concern I Be it known that I, M:SULzBAcrrER, of the city,

county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedSot'a-Bedstcad; and I do hereby declare the following to be a fill],clear, and exact d eriplion thereof, which will enable those skilled int e art to make and use the same, reference being bad to. theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in whichdrawingseat, so that. the sofa may be transferred into a bedstead. Byfolding up the hinged piece and sliding in the seat, the sofa isrestored to its original position and use.

In the drhwing, the letter A designates the frame of my sofa, which isconstructedin the usual form.

, In each of the end pieces a of this frame is secured a. metallic lug,b, which catches in a groove, c, in the end piece of a. secondary frame,B, that supports the satO.

. This secondary frame rests on casters, d, andit'cau be readily drawnout to the position shown in figs. 2 and 3, the lugs l) tbrming theguides on which it slides,

and also the stops which prevent said frame being drawn out beyond thedesired point.

D is an auxiliary back, which swings on gudgeons, .0, whose bearings arein the end pieces of the main frame, so that it can he turned up to theposition shown, in'tig. 1, 0r downto the position shown in figs. 2 and3."

The front faceot' theback D may'be upholstered or cushioned, or saidback they consist of a cushioned frame.

In the bottom part of the main frame A is a. recep tacle, E, for thepillows, bedclothes, 8w.

By these means a sofa is obtained which'can be readily transformed intoa bedstead, and which is cheap and simple in its construction, no extracushion being re-f quired in forming the bedstead. I

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv v The,auxiliary back D, hinged to the end pieces not the open frame A, incombination with the extensionframe B, sliding on lugs b, anddisconnected frour-said cud pieces, the parts operating together as andfor the purpose described.

M. SULZBAOHER.

Witnesses:

' W. HAUFF,

F. KASTENBUBER.

